1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1972 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1972 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by John Pont, in his eighth and final year as head coach of the Hoosiers, before being fired at the end of the season.

Record5–6 (3–5 Big Ten)

Headcoach

MVPGlenn Scolnik

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1972 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 6 Michigan +	7	–	1	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Ohio State +	7	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Purdue	6	–	2	–	0	6	–	5	–	0
Michigan State	5	–	2	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	4	–	4	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Indiana	3	–	5	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Illinois	3	–	5	–	0	3	–	8	–	0
Iowa	2	–	6	–	1	3	–	7	–	1
Wisconsin	2	–	6	–	0	4	–	7	–	0
Northwestern	1	–	8	–	0	2	–	9	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16		Minnesota	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 27–23	35,783	^[1]
September 23		TCU*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 28–31	34,004	^[2]
September 30		at Kentucky*	McLean Stadium Lexington, KY (rivalry)	W 35–34	37,500	^[3]
October 7		at Syracuse*	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 10–2	18,444	^[4]
October 14		Wisconsin	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 33–7	50,122	^[5]
October 21	1:30 p.m.	at No. 4 Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–44	86,365	^[6]
October 28		at Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 14–23	32,007	^[7]
November 4		No. 4 Michigan	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 7–21	41,336	^[8]
November 11		at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	L 20–37	55,077	^[9]
November 18		Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 16–8	27,440	^[10]
November 25		at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	L 7–42	65,065	^[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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